Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy New year to you all !!! Hope you are planning a fab evening of partying ,, I will be having an early night as I have to take my DD and her friend to the airport,, catching a stupid oclock ferry !! They're going on a shopping trip to London ,,lucky them !! :-)

Thanks for all your entries to the Stamp Something Challenge, we really appreciate you joinin g in especially at this busy time of year :-)

This week is a nice easy one ,,, just add GLITTER !!! plenty of scope to combine challenges on this one, just slap loads of glitter and bling on your artwork !!! :-)

we are sponsored by the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp so a fab spree on offer !!! :-)

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Good Morning all :-) I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and you're now looking forward to a Happy New Year :-) Thank you for joining in with our Anything Goes Challenge last week, we appreciate you taking the time to join in especially at this very busy time of year :-)

This week, our challenge is TIME TO PARTY/CELEBRATE !

Domi gave us this fab bottle template to use for the challenge , it is not compulsory ,, just an extra bit of fun :-) also all the DT used Glimmer Mist and Glitter on their creations, if you have them we would love to see them used ,,, but you don't have to to join in :-)

Well ,, as I said before all good things come to an end and this is the very last of my Fortnightly candy winners. Thank you to everyone who has entered over the last couple of years. There are still a few of the DT candy's still running but these will finish before the end of December so you had better have a look !! :-)

ok ,,, pressing the button ,,,, good luck to all !!!!

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the lucky girl is Shaz aka Shaz's Crafty Corner Please email me with your choice of stamp and your address and Heidi will have the stamp posted to you !! :-)

Friday, December 24, 2010

Samantha aka Penrith Crafts,my lovely Boss on the ABC Christmas Challenge, has a surprise candy on offer ,, all we have to do is join in with her challenge to make something ,,, BUT ,, not a card :-)

Well I have seen a couple of these faux leather wallets on buddies blogs and have been meaning to have a go at making one too. You can see the instructions here :-)

I used SU Lovely Lilac card and some stripey paper and brad from Papermania :-) I embossed the card with a Tim Holtz Burlap folder, inked with Dusty Concord distress ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I also got out my sewing machine for the edges . The instructions suggest using a magnet fastening ,,, which I tried but it wouldn't stay closed so I stuck a bit of velcro on it ,,, not very nice looking but it worked !! I remember someone else saying that they had the same problem too ,,,,sorry but I can't remember who it was now ! :-/ if you know who it was please let me know so I can link to her blog too xx

this is for a friend ,,, can't say any more cos she might read this !!!! suffice it to say this is her fave colour !! :-)

wishing you all a very Merry Christmas ,,, hope you're all enjoying a fab Christmas eve ,,, we are listening to Christmas Carols and enjoying a glass of sherry :-) My turkey is stuffed ( Paxo sage and onion ,,,, I love it !!lol ) and the pressies are wrapped and under the tree ,,, being guarded by Jessie ,,, bless her ,,, there is a bone wrapped too and she isn't leaving it there for the cats to steal ,,, lol :-)

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Debby aka a Scrapjourney is asking us to post our fave 5 Christmas cards and link them to her blog for a little challenge :-) I found it really difficult to choose a fave 5 ,,, not because I like all my cards but because I have made so many I can't remember them !! Anyway after a little search these are the ones I came up with ,,, hope you like them !! :-)

Well ,, the first up HAD to be a HM card !! in fact ,,, it was diffy for me not to choose ALL 5 as HM cards !! This is definitely one of my fave cards for this year, I LOVE this I Cane Count on You stamp and this card was sent to Heidi and the staff at Simon Says Stamp ,,, hope it gets there in time !!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Good Morning :-) Hope you are all well and looking forward to the chubby bloke in red :-) I will have a nice glass of sherry and a mince pie ready for him and a nice carrot for Rudolph, I wonder what he will bring this year ,,, sooo exciting !!!! :-)

This week, our challenge is an easy one - ANYTHING GOES! We know what a busy time of year this is for everyone, and it is time to spend with family and friends, so we are going easy on y'all this week!

Also, because it is a time for family and friends, we will try to comment on all your cards, but if we don't make it, please forgive us! We will get back into the swing of things next week!!! Thanks for your understanding xx

We are sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp, so a fabulous $15 spree on offer :-)

We are also sponsored for this special occasion by a new digi stamp company called the Stamp Fairy and the designer, Gerda, will be giving away several images to a few winners !! :-)

For this challenge you can choose a challenge from the past year, you will need link a project with the linky on the challenge blog and then hop around the DT and our GD's from the Stamp Fairy DT collecting letters to make up a festive phrase on your way around. More details are on the challenge blog :-)

I needed to make several cards quickly so my starting point was the Q for Quick and Easy challenge, though these will also fit in with P for Presents and X for Xmas too :-)I used this cute Penny Black stamp yesterday too for the PTW Challenge :-) the papers are some free digi downloads from Martine's blog,which is currently closed. the sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp I used a Martha Stewart snowflake punch and lots of Art Institute Crystal Glitter, Star Dust stickles and Diamond Dust

The letter you need to collect from me is 'N' and from here you need to hop on over to the lovely SQUIRREL'S BLOG,

I have a surprise candy on offer so if you would like a chance to win it just leave a link to your blog with the linky :-),,, only one link per person please x

You have until 10 pm UK time ( 11 pm CET) on the 1st January to enter the challenge and the winner will be drawn and posted on the 5th January when the next challenge starts :-)

Our very own DT boss America is sponsoring this challenge with a gorgeous House Mouse Santa stamp.It was Christine and hubby's 40th Wedding Anniversary yesterday ,, and apologies Christine but this card will be very late ,, it is in the post tho ,,,, :-)

I chose to use this Lovely Confetti stamp I coloured the image with copics and added star dust glitter on the edges and hearts. The paper is from a Basic Grey Olivia pad. I used a cuttlebug script folder and a couple of circle nesties , the ribbon was in my drawer and the flowers are Prima and the rose is from Wild Orchid Crafts. I also used a few large black pearls and a charm from teamie America to finish.

Hi all :-) the time has come to pop my blinkie into mothballs :-) The Simon Says Stamp DT candies will be discontinued from the end of the year so this will be the last one I post. All good things come to an end eh !!! :-) I would like to thank all my followers for joining in and congratulations to all of you that won a stamp or 2 :-)

There are no rules for this one ,, just pop a link to your blog and keep your fingers crossed :-) Only 1 entry per person please xx

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